Three years after purchasing it, Netflix will reopen New York City’s historic Paris Theatre on September 1, featuring new 70mm projectors and Dolby Atmos sound.
To show off this new technology, the Paris Theatre will present a weeklong classic film program called Big & Loud, including 70mm prints of two films synonymous with the format, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Lawrence of Arabia.
Modern-day classics like Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood and Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma will also be presented in the format.
On the Dolby Digital program, the Paris will show the final cuts of Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, as well as The Matrix and Mad Max: Fury Road.
The theatre will also show Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cannes Jury Prize-winning film Memoria for the first time in Dolby.
Originally opened in 1948 as an arthouse theatre to show French films, the Paris Theater has 500 seats and is New York’s only remaining single-screen cinema. It was destined for permanent closure before it was purchased by Netflix in 2019. After the COVID-19 pandemic, Netflix briefly reopened the theatre in 2021 before closing it again to make the Dolby upgrades.
Similar to Los Angeles’ Egyptian Theatre, which Netflix operates alongside American Cinematheque, the Paris will showcase original films from the streamer as well as classic films and special events featuring top filmmakers.